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Previous photos enlarged and a car that once belonged to one of Germany's top Nazi leaders discovered forgotten and forlorn in a barn in Denmark, a fascinating story of its owner and his violent demise.

A disgracefull act of barbarism, the Kaiser played no practical role after 1914. This would have led to a radical form of total war, similar as proclaimed by Göbbels in 1943, and the enemy could expect no pardon.

German observation balloon being inflated by men in the foreground. While providing a good view of the surrounding area, balloon crews were vulnerable to enemy fire and initially did not have much means of escape. Also communications between the balloon crew and the ground was rudimentary at first, but along with most things became more advanced as the war went on.

Some of the former WW1 participants with whom I spoke many years ago were indeed hard of hearing, and that was not just old age.

I recently got, what I believe is a WW2 era RAF canteen and web set. Both web carriers have markings, although they are not the easiest to see. The '37 pattern looks like it might be dated 1943. The '25 pattern is hard to make out. But overall they are in good shape and will display well.

I did manage to find a Bavarian Military Merit Cross, third class without swords recently, it did not have an original ribbon, but still a nice find and it was very affordable, I have been seeing a lot of Bavarian medals lately....

Luftschutz - a set of thin booklets in a cardboard cassette. These were all the basics to be known for civil air defence. The cover has an ink stamp with Reichsführer SS, which may have been added by an unauthorised person post-war, not certain, otherwise a rare find. Condition is almost mint, has probably never been consulted. A few diagrams and illustrations in parts. 1. volume is for all active Luftschutz assistants, as well as house seniors and household firebrigades. 2. volume, special instructions for active LS-assistants as well as rescue and repair helpers, and how to furnish a shelter room. 3. volume, special instructions for fire protection assistants and practical fire prevention 4. volume, special instructions for decontamination helpers, protection against gas and decontamination 5. volume, special instructions for medical and first aid helpers 6.volume, notices for the passive population Published 1933 by G. Ritter and C. Pfaundler, printed by Ludwig Knelle, Ludwigshafen

Welcome to the forum Charles, James Dixon & sons only used a single letter D so a helmet made by them would always start with a letter D. So a helmet made by them and stamped D/F 67, so the letter D refers to James Dixon & Sons as the Manufacturer and the letter F is the Steel Supplier Thomas Firth & Sons with the Heat/Batch code. Any helmet starting with a letter Z and followed by another letter and numbers means it was made in America. Below is a typical stamp mark for James Dixons & Sons.

Here is a earlier DRL badge, Weimar era, similar to the WW2 style. It is marked "D.R.G.M 33818" and "H. Wernstein Jena-Lobstedt"

Yeah, looks like it has seen some action, unfortunately don't know anything about its history.

Hi all, Been a while since i posted about my collection. Anyway the collection will get bigger soon as we are getting bits together to restore a genuine wartime Jeep! We will hopefully have it ready by war and peace show 2011. and i will post updates as it goes and even a surprise that made me almost cry with joy... Surprise HINT: Bren gun carrier...

slow and steady thats the way to go will be well worth it.

Any updates on the project RAF,

Adolf Hitler rides in an open car through Vienna, Austria.

Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring's car

Black Widow's are nasty stuff... don't tell PETA what you did, and do think of charging the Council a fee for exterminating a public health hazard

RAF any updates on the Jeep bud

Good looking jeep, I like that it retains the soft top bars for it.

Nice one

Thankfully, we don't have to pay tax, as a dealer is doing that for us for free But yeah i couldn't even imagine shipping a tank to the UK.

Just a small update, we should hopefully have the Jeep by the end of March, its been stuck in the US for a month beacuse of slow shipping. I will of-course upload pictures when she arrives.

GPA was a fairly rare version. Some were supplied to the Soviets. There must be some preserved though.

Nope the GPW Jeep variant

The GPW is a rare Ford Jeep. Slightly Different to the Ford GPA that's the amphibious version of the GPW Jeep. We have some friends that can get parts nearly for free for our jeep.

Have seen lots of nice jeeps at W&P show. There are traders there that sell only jeep parts - anything that you can imagine for a jeep! Quite a few in France as well. Some are post war Hotchkiss though. Is the GPW the amphibious version?

Its a rare Wartime Ford GPW not to be confused with the more common MB

Very neat is it a Willys or Ford Jeep?